Today in 6A!

ENGLISH: Last week I asked students to bring in their favorite children's book for us to use this week. Our end-goal in two weeks is to develop our own children's books and to read them to our Tyke and Kinder friends in the last week of school. Our work today was to determine what qualities make a truly effective children's book. I asked students to examine the Plot, Characters and Illustrations to establish their assessment. We will continue with this over the coming week. This Friday will also be our final Vocabulary test, so students should work onn their vocabulary terms each night.

LITERATURE: In our reading today we learn more about the escalation of violence that Malala and her family experienced in their hometown in the Swat valley, and what, if any, actions the government was doing to protect her right to an education.

RELIGION: Our lesson looked at "leadership" and the role that Moses played in leading the Hebrews out of Egypt and toward the promised land. We made comparisons to what leaders in our own lives do, either for clubs or teams that we are on.

SOCIAL STUDIES: After taking up the homework from Thursday of last week, we examined the structure of Roman Society, how that impacted the role of men, women and children and what the expectations of people within society, including their adherence to common values, meant for everyone. Romans believed in a "family first" set of values that permeated into civil society. Patrons and clients would favor (extended) family members over non-familial persons. Homework for this lesson can be found on page 502 #1, 2, 4.

MATH (8:00 class) pgs 380-381 1-15  (9:00 class) pg 430 14-37

SCIENCE pg 246 1-4